Huba, J.D.Sazykin, S.2015-05-112015-05-112014Huba, J.D. and Sazykin, S.. "Storm time ionosphere and plasmasphere structuring: SAMI3-RCM simulation of the 31 March 2001 geomagnetic storm." <i>Geophysical Research Letters,</i> 41, no. 23 (2014) American Geophysical Union: 8208-8214. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062110.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/80201We present the first self-consistent modeling study of the ionosphere-plasmasphere system response to a geomagnetic storm. We use the coupled SAMI3-Rice Convention Model (RCM) of the global ionosphere and inner magnetosphere, with self-consistent electrodynamics, to simulate the 31 March 2001 magnetic storm. We find that the penetration electric fields associated with the magnetic storm lead to a storm time-enhanced density (SED) in the low- to middle-latitude ionosphere and that the separation in latitude of the Appleton anomaly peaks increases. The SED exhibits magnetic conjugacy, occurring in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Moreover, mapping the boundary of the SED into the equatorial plane coincides with the development of a ﾓplume-likeﾔ structure in the plasmasphere. These preliminary results are consistent with observations.engArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.Journal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062110